Testing Equivalence of Mediating Models of Income, Parenting, and School Readiness for White, Black, and Hispanic Children in a National Sample

Autor/inn/en	Raver, C. Cybele; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Aber, J. Lawrence
Titel	Testing Equivalence of Mediating Models of Income, Parenting, and School Readiness for White, Black, and Hispanic Children in a National Sample
Quelle	In: Child Development, 78 (2007) 1, S.96-115 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00987.x
Schlagwörter	Child Rearing; Young Children; Low Income; Family Income; School Readiness; Correlation; Parenting Skills; Whites; Hispanic Americans; African Americans; Models; Measurement Techniques; Racial Differences; Stress Variables; Cognitive Ability; Interpersonal Competence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindererziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Niedriglohn; Familieneinkommen; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Korrelation; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Afroamerikaner; Analogiemodell; Messtechnik; Rassenunterschied; Denkfähigkeit; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	This paper examines complex models of the associations between family income, material hardship, parenting, and school readiness among White, Black, and Hispanic 6-year-olds, using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K). It is critical to test the universality of such complex models, particularly given their implications for intervention, prevention, and public policy. Therefore this study asks: Do measures and models of low income and early school readiness indicators fit differently or similarly for White, Black, and Hispanic children? Measurement equivalence of material hardship, parent stress, parenting behaviors, child cognitive skills, and child social competence is first tested. Model equivalence is then tested by examining whether category membership in a race/ethnic group moderates associations between predictors and young children's school readiness. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10